DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS

in austin right now and the entire neo soul crew was traumatized for me about my experience in houston...very funny, and sweet. I LOVE THIS VENUE! amazing poets, great audience and gracious host. shout outs: june (who is mama slam herself), kim aka 13 aka notorious 13, mike whalen, erica and brian...was invited while there to read at texas university for a love jones type of poetry night sponsored by the AKA's, the quietest, most demure group of southern bell type young women i've ever seen. i think there were a lot of pledges in the audience. lots of polite clapping and tentative smiles...they actually grasped their pearls when i did the "coochie magic" piece...oh! and i don't know why everyone and they mama felt the need to warn me about the san antonio crowd. i thought i would be booed off the stage or something, but they were great!! stayed with ria and taught her how to put together a ritual...i love her even though she fed me mexican food that completely ruined my stomach. and i had to stop every 10 minutes from san antonio to austin to use the bathroom!!!...and that might be TMI (too much information) but get this!: vocab, who was my ride into sanantonio, warned EVERYONE who met me that i had eaten bad mexican food and this is why i would probably have to leave the room, the table, etc. a million times! how embarrassing is that????!!! lol...more later...cbell